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Old 07-03-06, 02:54 PM   #1
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Default Best Time to use Minnows

When is the best time to use minnows ? deep water or shallow ? after bluegill spawn ?
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Old 07-03-06, 03:25 PM   #2
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I do good on minnows all year long. I buy the bass minnows at my bait shop and always do well on them.
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Old 07-03-06, 04:07 PM   #3
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I only use minnows when we crappie fish. Every now and then a bass will hit or those darn drums!!
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Old 08-25-06, 10:03 PM   #4
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Old 08-26-06, 09:30 AM   #5
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I only use minnows in the early spring just after ice out when the bass are still very sluggish. That only lasts a couple weeks though. I could use them year round. I just prefer using lures the rest of the year. When I do use minnows I use small to medium shiner minnows since I live up here in northern Indiana.
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Old 08-26-06, 01:00 PM   #6
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When you think you need to use them, its not when its how you fish them. If you can't catch on minnows you using them wrong.
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Old 08-26-06, 04:49 PM   #7
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I have never caught a fish on minnows, and I don't care, I'd rather stivk to my powerworms
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Old 09-15-06, 05:49 PM   #8
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right before spring beggining of spring 4me
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Old 09-15-06, 08:27 PM   #9
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When fishing for crappie rotfl, otherwise use Shiners or Bluegill/brim/breem/bream, however it's spelled.

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Old 09-15-06, 08:30 PM   #10
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Minnows are always a good bet, whenever you feel like you can't catch fish, go out with some live bait, boost your confidence, find fsome spots, and go back out ith artificials.
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Old 09-15-06, 08:42 PM   #11
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how exactly do you fish them? i always use artificial. just hook them by the mouth and let them swim around? what test line and hooks are best?
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Old 09-22-06, 10:25 PM   #12
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i either hook ep threw the bottom of the lip or the back of the tail. and i use 12 pound test.
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